Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh visits the site to urge progress of key expressway projects.

One day before the April 30 - May 1 holiday, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and the Government's working delegation inspected the site, encouraged officials and workers working on the construction site, and urged a number of component projects of the North-South expressway in the East phase 2021 - 2025, passing through the provinces of Khanh Hoa, Binh Dinh, Phu Yen and the Khanh Hoa -

Taking April 30, 2025 as the milestone to complete the Van Phong - Nha Trang expressway

The first project that the Prime Minister inspected was the Van Phong - Nha Trang project on the North - South expressway in the eastern phase of 2021 - 2025. The inspection point was the intersection with National Highway 26, located in Khanh Hoa province.

The first project that the Prime Minister visited to inspect the construction status was the Van Phong - Nha Trang project.

The Van Phong - Nha Trang component project is over 83 km long, passing through 4 districts and towns: Van Ninh, Ninh Hoa, Dien Khanh and Khanh Vinh in Khanh Hoa province. The project has a total investment of 11,808 billion VND; started in January 2023, completed according to the contract in December 2025. Up to now, the site clearance work has basically met the requirements, 83.03 km/83.35 km has been handed over, reaching 99.7%, only about 0.32 km of the main route remains; 6/6 resettlement areas have been completed, handed over to 203/203 households. However, the relocation of essential infrastructure such as power projects still faces many difficulties, and the agencies and Khanh Hoa province are making great efforts to resolve them.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and the working delegation inspected the scene.

The Van Phong - Nha Trang component project is more than 83 km long, passing through 4 districts and towns: Van Ninh, Ninh Hoa, Dien Khanh and Khanh Vinh in Khanh Hoa province.

According to the investor's report, right from the start of construction, the project's contractors were all strong and professional contractors such as Son Hai Group, who focused on proactively searching for and handling problems with construction materials. The contractors proactively produced, ordered and transported materials to avoid shortages and price pressures. The contractors proactively focused on equipment and human resources, speeding up the progress of 3 shifts and 4 crews during the dry season, so the project's output to date has exceeded the contract plan by about 5%. In particular, the source of construction materials and waste dumps had no problems, basically meeting the schedule. Of which, the demand for stone materials was 2.1 million ^m3 , the plan was to utilize the excavation of roadbed stones and use stones from 9 mines in operation. The demand for sand materials was about 0.3 million ^m3 for concrete, using commercial mine sources. The demand for earth filling materials was about 7.26 million ^m3 ; Currently exploiting 17/17 mines with total reserves of about 7.64 million ^m3 , the contractor is submitting an additional land mine for backup.

Prime Minister encourages officers and workers working at the construction site

The contractors have mobilized 42/42 construction teams, 1,020 pieces of equipment and 1,877 workers simultaneously on the entire route. The cumulative output to date is 3,451/7,138 billion VND, reaching 50% of the contract value, exceeding the contract plan by 5%. The output of each contractor is basically ahead of schedule.

Contractors mobilized 42/42 construction teams, 1,020 pieces of equipment and 1,877 workers simultaneously on the entire route.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh presents gifts to encourage staff and workers at the construction site of the Van Phong - Nha Trang Expressway and National Highway 26.

The Prime Minister commended the Project Management Board and contractors for their proactive and active implementation of the project, gaining more and more experience from previous projects. The Prime Minister requested that the project be basically completed by April 30, 2025 to adjust and shorten the progress; continue to promote the spirit of "overcoming the sun, overcoming the rain", "working overtime", "eating quickly, sleeping urgently", "working 3 shifts, 4 shifts, through holidays, through Tet"; improve quality, ensure technical, aesthetic, safety, and environmental sanitation. Regarding site clearance problems, the Prime Minister requested localities and EVN to promptly handle and resolve them; noted that EVN should transfer equipment from other projects to relocate the power works serving this project, not "waiting" for equipment. At the construction site, contractor Lizen reported to the Prime Minister that it is shortening the 6-month plan, ready to support other units; Focus resources, closely coordinate with local authorities. Leaders of the Ministry of Transport informed that they are closely coordinating with Khanh Hoa province to resolve the issue of site clearance and rebuild progress. Leaders of Khanh Hoa province pledged to the Prime Minister to resolve the issue of site clearance this May.

Shorten the progress by 6 months with Khanh Hoa - Buon Ma Thuot expressway

Next, the working group moved to the intersection between the Van Phong - Nha Trang expressway project and the Khanh Hoa - Buon Ma Thuot expressway.

The Prime Minister emphasized that the Khanh Hoa - Buon Ma Thuot expressway project is of great significance, connecting the Central Highlands and South Central regions.

The Khanh Hoa - Buon Ma Thuot Expressway Project Phase 1 is 117.5 km long, passing through Khanh Hoa province (about 32.7 km) and Dak Lak province (about 84.8 km) with a scale of 4 lanes, divided into 3 component projects, corresponding to 3 sections. Component project 1 is managed by Khanh Hoa Provincial People's Committee, with a total investment of 5,333 billion VND; project 2 is managed by the Ministry of Transport (10,436 billion VND), project 3 is managed by Dak Lak Provincial People's Committee (6,165 billion VND). According to the expected progress, the project will basically complete some sections with high traffic volume in 2025, basically complete the entire route in 2026 and complete the synchronous operation of the entire project in 2027. To date, site clearance for project 1 has reached 74%, project 2 has reached 72%, and project 3 alone has reached 98%. It is expected that the demand for common materials will be about 3.3 million m3 of fill soil, 1.7 million m3 of sand, and 4 million m3 of stone. The survey shows that the ability to supply basic materials meets the demand. Regarding construction, the accumulated output to date is 684 billion/17,033 billion VND, reaching about 4% of the contract value, basically following the progress. In 2023, the project has disbursed 3,261/3,313 billion VND, reaching 98%; In 2024, the project disbursed 635/4,176 billion VND, reaching 15%.

The Prime Minister requested the two provinces of Khanh Hoa and Dak Lak to quickly clear land and encourage on-site resettlement.

Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac

The Prime Minister emphasized that the Khanh Hoa - Buon Ma Thuot expressway project is of great significance, connecting the two regions of the Central Highlands and the South Central Coast; the sooner the project is completed, the sooner the people will benefit; the Central Highlands - South Central Coast will have more conditions for development. Therefore, the head of the Government requested the two provinces of Khanh Hoa and Dak Lak to quickly clear the land, encourage on-site resettlement and possibly arrange temporary accommodation, ensuring that people have new accommodation that is better or equal to their old accommodation. Listening to the report on difficulties related to the financial plan of the BOT National Highway 26 project if an intersection is built between the Khanh Hoa - Buon Ma Thuot expressway and National Highway 26, the Prime Minister agreed on the policy of building an intersection, in the spirit of needing to build the intersection immediately to facilitate construction of the project; Emphasizing the need to put the overall problem first, whichever solution is better and more beneficial for the people and the country, then do it, and have a plan to harmoniously handle issues related to investor interests. The Prime Minister also requested relevant agencies to urgently handle difficulties, complete procedures related to forests, handle confiscated assets and related procedures, and promptly hand over the site for construction. In response to the Prime Minister's request, Son Hai Group, representing the contractors, pledged to make efforts to shorten the project schedule by 6 months.

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